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The ninth annual TopSpin table tennis tournament and fundraiser, benefitting educational nonprofits, a favorite among industry marketers and athletes, has already raised more than $300,000 in sponsorships — above 2016 to date. The highest yield was 2014, when $400,000 was raised; this year’s “stretch goal” is $500,000, said Peter Farnsworth, a founder of TopSpin and founder/CEO of business development, cause marketing and brand consultancy Foxrock Partners.

Over the years, TopSpin has raised more than $3 million, which has benefitted 22 educational nonprofits. This year’s event is scheduled for Dec. 6 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. MKTG produces the event gratis for TopSpin, and supports sponsorship sales.

Dentsu Aegis Network Sport & Entertainment won two prestigious European Sponsorship Association (ESA) Excellence Awards on Thursday 11 February, 2016 at the annual European Sponsorship Association awards ceremony, held at the Café de Paris in London. The Awards celebrate successful sponsorship campaigns in all sectors – sport, culture, entertainment, media, community and corporate responsibility.

Their long standing work with British Gas’ ‘Sponsorship of British Swimming’ was awarded the coveted title of ‘Sport Sponsorship of the Year’. British Gas’ ‘Sponsorship of British Swimming’ was duly recognised for a fantastic sponsorship that has spaned six years since 2009. Along the journey British Gas helped over 100,000 children to swim, provided 1.5 million free swims and supported elite athletes on the world stage.

Dentsu Aegis Network also added to this sporting success with a ground-breaking win in the music space which shows the true breadth of DAN’s offering in Sport & Entertainment.

Working in partnership with The Story Lab UK, their work for Microsoft Lumia was awarded the top prize in the ‘Multi National’ category following a comprehensive judging process that evaluated sponsorship campaign entries from across Europe.

Their work for Microsoft was focused on driving the perception of Lumia being seen as a creative brand to a cultural relevant audience across six key European markets.

Clean Bandit, a band on the rise and with global appeal, were looking for help on their next music video. They spotted a perfect opportunity to build the phone and all its capabilities into their creative process. The music video went on to be Clean Bandit’s most successful launch to date and it can be viewed here! Skip to end to see their three part ‘making of’ documentary showing how we made it all happen.

David Peters, Managing Director Dentsu Aegis Network Sport & Entertainment UK said of the wins: ‘An ESA Excellence Award represents the industry ‘gold standard’ and it is a fantastic recognition of the best-in-class sponsorship campaigns that we deliver for our clients across Sport & Entertainment’.